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Toby Paterson (British, 1974), The Red Tavern, 2014. Acrylic and pencil on aluminium, 180 x 270 cm.
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Toby Paterson (British, 1974), The Red Tavern, 2014. Acrylic and pencil on aluminium, 180 x 270 cm.
The Hatton Pavilion, by Toby Paterson, currently outside the Baltic, is a more portable descendant of Victor Pasmore’s Apollo Pavilion.
The classical element in Pasmore’s piece is, of course, only obliquely relevant - he was alluding as much to the NASA moon landing as to the Greek god.
Both are perhaps now equally remote from the townsfolk of Peterlee, for whom the Pavilion may sometimes seem like the remnant of a mission from another world.
And indeed the classical allusion appears to be absent from the present piece, which is functioning as a travelling synecdoche (i.e. Not quite a Wilbury) for the Hatton Gallery while it’s being refurbished. But which offspring of Apollo would be appropriate?
I say ‘son’ above - there were many, including the interesting quartet - Asclepius the healer, Aristaeus the cultivator (and bee-keeper), Troilus the lover (and warrior), and Orpheus the poet.
But it could equally be dedicated to Apollo’s daughter, Parthenos, as a symbol of independent femininity, who was represented by the constellation Virgo.
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Toby Paterson (British, 1974), Pavilion for Public Transport (Warsaw Version 2), 2002. Acrylic on card, 92.5 x 132.5 cm.
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toby paterson apollo (detail), 2001
Dunfermline Arts - Handover
Artist Toby Paterson, in collaboration with Collective Architecture, has completed a series of artwork installations as part of Dunfermline Arts Strategy. The installations are located in various parts of the town and are influenced by studies of Dunfermline's landmarks carried out by Toby Paterson. The permanent installations follow on from 2 temporary installations and a publication produced in December 2012. More information will be available on our website soon.
Artist - Toby Paterson
Architect - Collective Architecture
Project managers - Ginkgo Projects
Principal Contractor - Kelsen
Fabricators - Scott Associates